The effects of the India's Partition on selected Urdu short stories

The partition of India was a great tragedy in itself, and its severe reaction came in the form of riots and a story of killing and destruction was created that has stained the pages of history. The people of one nation were thirsty for the honor and blood of the people of another nation. On the one hand, the Muslims living in India were migrating to Pakistan, leaving behind their homes, property and even their loved ones. On the other hand, the Hindus and Sikhs living in the Pakistani region were hastily heading to India to find refuge. The impact of such critical circumstances was visible in all spheres of human life. Its profound effects were also visible in the field of literature. Be it poems or prose, novels or short stories, a series of writings on partition and riots began. Our writers were not only recording the bloody story with their pens but were also doing the work of educating the mind with their writings. Among those who wrote on the issues of the Partition of India are Krishna Chandra, Saadat Hasan Manto, Ismat Chughtai, Rajinder Singh Bedi, Hayatullah Ansari, Quratul Ain Haider, Ram Lal, Khwaja Ahmed Abbas, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, and many more.